I wrote a poem for a friend. They loved/hated it. So naturally I sent it into the world. “when asked why I'll never write you a sincere poem” was just published in The Lit Nerds.
"watching a production of Beauty and the Beast after attempting to be vulnerable" published in Rituals
“watching a production of Beauty and the Beast after attempting to be vulnerable” is a loosely ekphrastic work in a series of “watching” poems I accidently started writing. It is found within the 2025 edition of Rituals from Anomaly Poetry.
Click on the link below to access the entire anthology.
Three poems in Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age
I have three poems appearing in Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age, a free digital chapbook from The Chaos Section Poetry Project. Record of Dissent features 44 poems of protest, resistance, survival, and hope in response to the rising authoritarianism of the Trump era in America.
My three poems are:
“misstra know-it-all” (p. 9),
“when asked for help writing a satire” (p. 38), and
“say what you mean” (p. 58)
"Theme & Variation" published in Porcupine Literary
A dialogue-driven piece of creative nonfiction was published by Porcupine Literary.
“Theme & Variation” is ready for your eyes.
The poems I never read in public (a virtual reading from said the Frog to the scorpion)
I don’t read longer poems at poetry readings. However, I composed some of my longest poems in said the Frog to the scorpion. Months ago, I made an intention to record these poems because I slaved over them and wanted my physical voice attached to them as they are to the poems I read aloud regularly.
So here is a 13 min reading of longer poems from said the Frog to the scorpion
Poems:
1. "when asked why I believed Her"
2. "who She is" (I screwed up the title in the video)
3. “when asked about toxic amnesia”
4. “take your pick”
5. “when asked why I won't”
And yes, there are a lot of squirrels behind me...
Origin Stories: on the beginnings of The Third Renunciation
After a reading in Minneapolis today, someone opened a copy of The Third Renunciation and asked about the dedication, which reads:
I was asked, “who was Chase to you?”
One of the first theological sonnets I wrote came out of processing his death. The sonnet, every draft, was terrible. Eventually, a decade later, I realized it was because some stories can't be told in 14 lines.
“Out of My Hands” was published by Zone 3 and is that story, and also is the beginnings of The Third Renunciation.
